Vincent Lecavalier scored two goals and had an assist Monday night to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-2 victory over the Dallas Stars. The Lightning had lost their previous eight games to the Stars and it was only Dallas' second loss all-time in Tampa Bay. Steven Stamkos also scored for the Lightning, who have won four of their last six games.

Mike Modano beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere to score with 1:26 remaining in overtime Saturday night and the Dallas Stars topped Anaheim 4-3. Mike Ribeiro had a goal and two assists for Dallas, which also got a goal and an assist each from James Neal and Brad Richards to win for the fourth time in five games.

Shootout goals by Brad Richards and Mike Ribeiro Thursday lifted the Dallas Stars to a 6-5 victory over Columbus. The Stars, who got off to a poor start this season, have won six of their last nine games to crawl out of the cellar of the Western Conference. Dallas had a 5-3 advantage midway through

By Jeffrey Tomich, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jul. 25--KINMUNDY, Ill. -- Count Ben Webster as either the luckiest oilman in Southern Illinois or the shrewdest. Maybe both. Webster got into the oil business as a hobby a decade ago when oil was $14 a barrel.

By GARRET MATHEWS, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7527 or mathewsg@courierpress.com SR This is the second part of a two-part series. Neil McCrary used to train horses at Ellis Park. Now he oversees a Petersburg, Ind.-based oil company started by his father, Fred, in the early 1950s. "Adaptable.